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DonCoquixote

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42. more like goose step

Reply to tomm2thumbs (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 17, 2013, 12:19 AM

Jul 2013

and you know what I mean.

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Four Zimmerman jurors release statement [View all] onehandle Jul 2013 OP

I was wondering how long it would take them to do this montanacowboy Jul 2013 #1

... n/t jtuck004 Jul 2013 #3

well, at least on the one that mattered - the verdict - they were in lock step tomm2thumbs Jul 2013 #2

Wonder how she managed to convince them.. lolly Jul 2013 #12

Did B37 say she was the jury foreperson? Would make sense. JimDandy Jul 2013 #20

she was not the foreperson. She said that in her interview. Justice Jul 2013 #24

Judge's instructions can be quite limiting. I was on a trial that lasted a while years ago. freshwest Jul 2013 #22

I recently went through the same thing. It was a short list of questions to be answered. Kablooie Jul 2013 #29

"Our legal system is pretty screwed up." tofuandbeer Jul 2013 #33

I too served on a jury once. ReRe Jul 2013 #39

I think the way evidence was allowed or denied made a big difference, too: freshwest Jul 2013 #49

I don't get that, freshwest... ReRe Jul 2013 #54

I served, too. Demoiselle Jul 2013 #70

The judge is a Republican. You might be on to something. Ash_F Jul 2013 #44

It sounded like she had two others on her side from the beginning. n/t whopis01 Jul 2013 #71

She was probably a harpie. Myrina Jul 2013 #75

Yep, she represents ALL of their opinions -- NOT GUILTY. JimDandy Jul 2013 #17

Is that right? tblue Jul 2013 #32

we've been taught that a hung jury is an unacceptable outcome. uncle ray Jul 2013 #37

Unfortunately a hung jury is often equivalent to a not guilty verdict. whopis01 Jul 2013 #72

True. Sadly true. panzerfaust Jul 2013 #62

more like goose step DonCoquixote Jul 2013 #42

No... they weren't in lockstep JeaneRaye Jul 2013 #48

in heaven05 Jul 2013 #53

I'd said in another thread Blue_Tires Jul 2013 #64

it sure is looking that way noiretextatique Jul 2013 #67

Except for the only opinion that matters, where they did agree with her. (nt) enough Jul 2013 #4

I just read B37's remarks and it makes me wanna puke. nt BootinUp Jul 2013 #5

My hubby called this yesterday skeewee08 Jul 2013 #6

Can't discern Juror B-37 when they're all wearing white sheets. Tutonic Jul 2013 #7

True skeewee08 Jul 2013 #8

They all agreed on the final verdict mindwalker_i Jul 2013 #9

Yep. Tutonic Jul 2013 #21

4 JURORS: She Doesn't Speak for Us cal04 Jul 2013 #10

Here is their statement in full Tx4obama Jul 2013 #16

Thank you for the links Tx4obama cal04 Jul 2013 #18

Awww... the poor dears need time to process what they've been through. calimary Jul 2013 #45

This message was self-deleted by its author Tx4obama Jul 2013 #11

Coward Peaceplace80 Jul 2013 #13

Welcome to DU, Peaceplace80! calimary Jul 2013 #46

The argument that this decision was based on law and reasonableness is in shambles alcibiades_mystery Jul 2013 #14

Here is their statement in full Tx4obama Jul 2013 #15

"give us time to process what we have been through"- translation: we should have deliberated longer wordpix Jul 2013 #19

Exactly. As soon as it was revealed that they deliberated through lunch, JimDandy Jul 2013 #23

Or more likely ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2013 #26

that's how I read it too nt Tumbulu Jul 2013 #51

"... in the end we did what the law required us to do" The "law" did not require you to give him a jtuck004 Jul 2013 #25

Poor widdle jurors, feel inconvenienced by the consequences of their decisions. Cry me a river. nt thereismore Jul 2013 #30

Didn't I read/hear ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2013 #27

Zimmerman lucked out big time. Hissyspit Jul 2013 #28

Boy Howdy, So did Casey Anthony,..... Grassy Knoll Jul 2013 #34

B37 is my bet on how it's done. And I've been on juries and there can be a lot of bullying. freshwest Jul 2013 #36

Here are the instructions. avaistheone1 Jul 2013 #50

My only real problem ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2013 #61

I believe it was 3 to acquit, 2 manslaughter and 1 2nd degree Blasphemer Jul 2013 #43

That is what B37 John2 Jul 2013 #56

I'm not a fan of guns and I even support bans on things like semiautomatic weapons or cstanleytech Jul 2013 #31

Post removed Post removed Jul 2013 #38

"Fucker should have never left his car, or just not profiled in the first place." SoapBox Jul 2013 #40

Hmmmmm... angrychair Jul 2013 #35

They were unanimous. I'll respect their rights like they respected Trayvon's delrem Jul 2013 #41

Amen. calimary Jul 2013 #47

I just wonder which juror was for second John2 Jul 2013 #58

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2013 #59

The Legal System Uses Jurors as Scapegoats LarryNM Jul 2013 #52

When I was 16 the small grocery store I worked in got robbed. Lobo27 Jul 2013 #55

did they have record of previous crimes, 20-25 years for robbing grocery store is way too JI7 Jul 2013 #57

b29 wasn't part of that memo (the black and/or hispanic woman from ChicagoO Ruby the Liberal Jul 2013 #60

That would be a good guess. JimDandy Jul 2013 #68

Most of that - but I had posted that evening Ruby the Liberal Jul 2013 #69

"...we did what the law required us to do." AndyA Jul 2013 #63

Bullshit! Juror B-37 does represent those 4.... Little Star Jul 2013 #65

ZIMMERMAN TRIAL JUROR BREAKDOWN Tonight at 9!! Evasporque Jul 2013 #66

Why should we listen to what these racist assholes have to say? Hugabear Jul 2013 #73

Exactly nt abelenkpe Jul 2013 #76

The six voted, they agreed, it's over, lets move on to something that we may be able to change! SCUBANOW Jul 2013 #74

Yeah.. Fringe Jul 2013 #77

Everyone of those terrible jurors has innocent blood on their hands workinclasszero Jul 2013 #78